RE: Emulation and Stuff

From: Jesse Mazer <lasermazer.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:18:32 -0400

> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:13:54 -0700
> From: meekerdb.domain.name.hidden
> To: everything-list.domain.name.hidden
> Subject: Re: Emulation and Stuff
>
>
> Flammarion wrote:
> ...
> > We might call these three notions of existence Q-existence, M-
> > existence and C-existence for short. My argument with you has been
> > that even if one wishes to postulate a single universe, M-existence is
> > an unnecessary middleman and doesn't even seem well-defined, all we
> > need to do is postulate that out of all the mathematically possible
> > universes that have Q-existence, only one has C-existence.
> >
> > The M-existence hypothesis is supported by the whole of science, and,
> > unlike the C-existence hypothesis, is in line
> > with the scientific claim that there was a long period when there was
> > no consciousness in the universe.
> >
> I'm confused by these last two paragraphs. Did Peter write both of
> them? The first seems to be against M-existence and the second for
> M-existence...or maybe I misunderstand?
>

The first of those paragraphs was from me.

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